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Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed term)

Reference
SCI393215
Closing Date
Tuesday, 9th February 2016
Job Type
Research & Teaching Support
Department
Plant & Crop Sciences
Salary
£25769 to £28143 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £28
982 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to per
formance

Fixed-term
Applicants are invited for the above post based in the Division of Plant Scien
ces, University of Nottingham, working with Prof Zoe Wilson on a BBSRC-Newton
project entitled “Maintaining rice reproduction under high temperature stress
:- identifying mechanisms and germplasm to increase crop resilience.” This pr
oject is a collaboration between the University of Nottingham, Chinese Academy
of Agricultural Science and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China).

Flower development is critical for plant breeding and seed production. Pollen
formation is highly sensitive to temperature stress; high temperature stress d
uring flowering therefore poses a serious threat to current and long- term cro
p yields. Nevertheless there is considerable genetic variability in tolerance
to high temperature between species and genotypes. Understanding how plants co
pe with heat stress during reproductive development offers the potential to id
entify genetic traits that can be manipulated and utilised to improve temperat
ure tolerance in crops.

This project will address these issues by developing rice germplasm with enhan
ced resilience to temperature stress and by providing detailed understanding o
f the molecular and cytological changes occurring during reproduction under he
at stress, and the mechanisms conferring resilience to high temperatures.

The successful candidate will be required to screen rice materials to use Natu
ral Variation to identify germplasm and traits associated with temperature res
ilience. These materials will be phenotyped in field and glasshouse conditions
for altered fertility and floral architecture as a consequence of heat stress
. Fieldwork will be conducted in two locations in China. GWAS and Introgressio
n marker analysis will be used to identify the loci responsible. Molecular too
ls and transgenic lines will be used to dissect the mechanisms behind these tr
aits.

Candidates must have PhD, or be close to submission of their PhD thesis in a r
elevant subject, and have experience in molecular genetics. The candidate must
be computer literate in Word, PowerPoint, Excel. The role requires expertise
in plant reproduction and the ability to carry out field screening alongside l
ab based molecular biology and microscopy.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Zoe Wilson, tel: 0115 9513235 or email
zoe.wilson@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to th
is email address will not be accepted.
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